Heidenreich was eventually given another chance by WWE and in the fall of 2003, after several dark matches, he began showing up on Raw, trying to convince "Stone Cold" Steve Austin to give him a tryout with the organization.

When Heidenreich returned to WWE in the late summer of 2004, he made quite the impression, having been heralded by a series of vignettes that paired him with manager Paul Heyman.

The feud would continue into 2005, when 'Taker defeated Heidenreich again, this time in a casket match at the Royal Rumble, a match marred by interference from Kane and Snitsky.

To all who know JonHeidenreich the gridiron image he now presents is anything but a ring gimmick, but instead a symbol of a prior life full of the thrill of football conquests and related off-field battles.

Impressed by Goldberg's transition from the football field to the squared circle, Jon began to envision the possibilities that might also be open for him, but really didn't translate that dream into action until, by chance, he one day met wrestling's Buff Bagwell who encouraged him to go for it in the squared circle.

Being scouted recently by the scheming Schwag to add more muscle to his already awesome army amalgam, Heidenreich sees his future potential as great and his immediate contribution as undeniable.

Thatâs because Tuesday morning I awoke to find that everyoneâs favorite wrestler, JonHeidenreich, was officially released by WWE.

Obviously, I am not truly dismayed by the sensible decision to release Heidenreich, but it did strike me as a little upsetting, if only because I was saving my favorite Big Jon story for a column at some point in the future.

To these two kiddos, the Legion of Doom, or the Road Warriors, or whatever you prefer to call them, consisted of Animal and Jon F. Heidenreich.

Its wrestling school, Ultimate University, has become popular for sending over 20 of its graduates to the WWE and others to Zero One in Japan.

It has been a stepping stone in the development of many past and present WWE Superstars including the likes of John Cena, Chris Masters, Victoria, JonHeidenreich, Mike "The Miz" Mizanin, Melina and Ryan Sakoda.

It has also featured some of the more well known independent wrestling stars in the world, including Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe.

After 30 minutes of wrestling and exchanging comments with the fans, Heidenreich managed to get the pin on Tracy Smothers.

Smothers was sitting on top of Heidenreich, when the big man used his legs to hook Smothers' arms and roll him into the pin.

HoPWF President John Rambo informed the fans that a contract would be signed for Tracy Smothers to take on JonHeidenreich in the main event of the June 10, 2006, HoPWF Martinsburg, WV, Apollo Theater event!

So Paul Heyman (who quit RAW, then showed up in an “agent-like” role on SD) is going to be managing JonHeidenreich, who was last seen on RAW, having gotten a contract from Stone Cold, and mysteriously taken off of the RAW Superstars page of WWE.com?

Uh… All I know is if they want people to take the brand split seriously, there’s no reason they can’t keep better track of who’s on what roster.

I’ll give them until Jon’s actual physical debut on SD before I get all angry about this, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t bother me a bit.

Nothing spectacular, which is a shame, but a solid three hours with nothing embarrassing, some good wrestling, and a couple of fun backstage Raw/SD/crossover segments (Gene Snitsky: “I like your poetry.” JonHeidenreich: “I like what you do to babies.” HA!).